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Rand Paul: “We should rein in and check and balance and constrain the…”

Featuring: Rand Paul, Republican | U.S. Senate from Kentucky

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Rand Paul and Tim Kaine on their push to curb Trump's war powers: Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 12:17

We've declared emergencies with 130 countries. Does anyone really believe that's a valid use of emergencies? So I've argued under both Democrat Republican presidents, we should get rid of, We should rein in and check and balance and constrain the emergency power. Thank you both so much for this bipartisan conversation. We are deeply grateful, really appreciate it. Senators Tim Kaine and Rand Paul, we. Thank you for watching. (12:17–12:22)

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Asserts that emergency powers should be limited and subject to checks and balances.

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